Monkeypox & Corona Updates

A day after the Central government issued an advisory to all the states amid the rising Covid cases and the detection of the first JN.1 variant in India, asking the state governments to “maintain constant vigil”, several states across the…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the JN.1 Covid strain as a "variant of interest" but said that it did not pose much threat to public health. JN.1 was previously classified as a variant of interest as a part of its parent…
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Seven months after the World Health Organization downgraded mpox from a global threat, an outbreak in Africa could go beyond the continent's borders. What is mpox and how dangerous is it? After a year in which nearly 90,000 people were…
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said his government has implemented guidelines issued by the Centre in connection with a new variant of COVID-19, amid an uptick in the viral infection cases in some states. Mr Yadav on Monday…
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After the identification of the JN.1 variant in India, the Central government issued an advisory to states on Monday, urging them to "maintain continuous vigilance". The first case of JN.1 was identified in a positive RT-PCR sample in…
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केंद्र ने सोमवार को राज्यों और केंद्रशासित प्रदेशों से देश में कोविड-19 के मामलों में वृद्धि और जेएन.1 स्वरूप का पहला मामला सामने आने के बीच निरंतर निगरानी बनाए रखने को कहा. केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य सचिव सुधांश पंत ने राज्यों और केंद्र शासित…
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China has detected seven infections of the Covid subvariant JN.1, news agency Reuters has reported, citing the country's national disease control and prevention administration on Friday. The authorities said the prevalence level of JN.1 is…
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UK health authorities began rolling out a winter vaccine schedule for the most medically vulnerable as the country brought forward a planned early October rollout amid concerns around the new Covid variant BA.2.86. The National Health…
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New Covid variant EG.5 has been spreading fast in different parts of the world and while the strain is good at escaping immunity, the symptoms remain mild, and experts say it doesn't pose a significant threat. EG.5 has been declared as a…
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"The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently monitoring a new Covid-19 variant which has a lot of mutations. This variant, currently causing infections in Denmark, Israel and US is termed as BA2.86. The extent of spread and heavy…
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